ISLAND FEMINISMS:

PLACE, JUSTICE, MOVEMENT

2021 Virtual Speaker Series

Engage with scholars and activists working in island and feminist studies to spark collaboration and interdisciplinary dialogue on social justice for islands and islanders.

January 29 1:00-2:00PM HST

The Founding and Future of the Island Feminisms Project
Marina Karides

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Noralis Rodríguez-Coss

Gonzaga University

February 19 1:00-2:00PM HST

ゴジラ/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/

Jane Ching Mi
Scripps College, Claremont

“Pulotu” Pacific Feminism:

A biomythography of a Niuē Pulotu 

Pefi Kingi

South Pacific Islander Organization

March 5 and 12 2021 1:00-2:15PM HST

The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu

A video-recording of the play in two parts

Directed by Justina Taft Mattos

University of Hawai'i at Hilo

April 16 1:00-2:00PM HST

Unearthing the Toxic Weeds of White Supremacy:

Reflections of a Pinay Scholar Warrior of Aloha in Decolonizing Social Work and Health Feminism

Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad

Portland State University

Issues of Resistance, Place, and
Subversion: The Prison Songs of Lili‘uokalani

Cynthia Morris

American Musicological Society (AMS)

Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)